Delhi sizzles at 44 degrees Celsius, its hottest day this year

The MeT office has predicted partly cloudy skies along with the possibility of a dust storm or thunderstorm later today.

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New Delhi

May 2, 2016

UPDATED: May 2, 2016 20:20 IST

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Delhi today sizzled at 44 degrees Celsius, the hottest day of the season so far. "The maximum temperature was recorded at 44 degrees Celsius. It is the hottest day of the season so far," a MeT department official said.

The minimum temperature settled at 23.8 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average. According to the MeT, relative humidity was recorded at 21 per cent at 8:30 am today.

The Met office has predicted partly cloudy skies along with the possibility of a dust storm or thunderstorm later today. "Skies are expected to remain partly cloudy today with dust or thunderstorm likely to occur towards evening or the night. However, there is no possibility of rainfall today," said the official.

On Sunday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 42 and 22 degrees Celsius respectively.

In Rajasthan, the highest temperature of 46.5 was recorded at Phalodi town in Jodhpur district on Sunday, followed by Sri Ganganagar (46.3), Churu (46), Bikaner (45.8), and Barmer (45.2), and Jaipur (43.3).

Heat wave conditions prevailed across most of north India. In Punjab and Haryana, Hisar was the hottest place at 44.7 degrees Celsius and most places in the two states recorded the season's highest maximum temperature so far.

In Odisha, after a brief respite from scorching heat, the mercury soared in most parts of the state where Bhawanipatna remained the hottest place at 45.5 degrees Celsius. The state capital Bhubaneswar touched 44 degree Celsius on Sunday.